Play Reading 1: Dance Like A Man

We begin the series by reading Mahesh Dattani's 'Dance like a Man'.We will come back and share our impressions after the reading.  For those interested in joining:

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Sunday, November 21st 2010 
Time : 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
RSVP at :  comeplayalong@gmail.com
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About the Play

Dance like a man follows a family of Bharatnatyam dancers from the fifties to the nineties, opening in the modern day with daughter Lata bringing her fiance Viswas home to meet the folks, Jairaj and Ratna.  This play has also been made into a movie directed by Pamela Rooks and features some exquisite dance numbers by the beautiful Shobana.

About the  Author
Mahesh Dattani began his career as a copy writer and is now an Indian playwright, who writes his plays in English. He is the first english playwright to have been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award. His plays have been staged all over India and abroad and have been directed by eminent directors like Lillete Dubey, Arvind Gaur and Alyque Padamsee.

-Nikki & Pramida

The Winter's Tale

Last Friday wanting to do our bit for the local performing arts  we scouted the  south bay community theater scene. We were delighted to know that there were several options to choose from.  We decided on Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Foothill College Lohman Theater.

Courtesy: ( http://www.zvents.com/)

Neither of us had read the play and we went in not knowing what to expect. We came out feeling like we had just seen a bollywood movie. The Winter's Tale has all the elements of a classic bollywood saga- romance, song and dance, comedy, tragedy, jealousy, secret weddings, repentance and a happy ending!

The performance of the actors who played the characters of Paulina, Mamillius, Autolycus and clown were heartening. The lead characters were good too but did not evoke an Aahaa from us.However we do give them credit for mastering the long and difficult passages from the language of Shakespeare. Overall its a pleasant watch if you are looking to do something different this weekend.  The drive through the Los Altos hills is an added bonus!

Here is the link to the event : http://www.foothill.edu/theatre/archives/tale/

-Nikki & Pramida

Let the Plays begin

Welcome to our blog!

We hope to begin a journey and explore the world of plays.

There are many works that have been created and staged over the years. We wish to bring theater into our lives by reading, listening and watching plays together.

We are also starting a group that will meet once a month to read plays together.

Looking forward to sharing the journey with you.

-Nikki & Pramida